Номер 3, страница 35 - гдз по английскому языку 5-11 класс учебник Latham-Koenig, Oxenden

3 THE CONVERSATION

a Watch the conversation. Match the period they'd like to go back to to the reason why.

1 Joanne would like to go back to the 1920s to...

2 Sean would like to go back to the 1960s to...

3 Emma would like to go back to Tudor times to...

A find out more about the politics of the time

B learn more about daily life during that period

C experience the cultural influences of the period

Glossary

the Cavern Club a music venue in Liverpool, England, where The Beatles played

the Tudors the English kings and queens who ruled from 1485–1603, e.g. Henry VIII, Elizabeth I

b Watch again. Answer the questions.

1 What aspects of her grandmother's life does Joanne mention? What does she think these would tell her about her grandmother?

2 What two things would Sean be especially interested in experiencing?

3 Which historical figure is Emma particularly interested in? Why does she say she'd like to see things happening 'from a safe platform'?

c Which period of history would you like to go back to? What positive and negative things would you expect to find?

d Watch some extracts in which the speakers respond to what the previous person says, in order to keep the conversation going. In which one(s) does the speaker...?

A suggest something the person could do

B ask for more detail

C agree enthusiastically

D refer to a sensible comment the person has made

E extend the range of the conversation

e Now have a conversation in groups of three. Discuss the statements.

1 Historical films and novels are popular mainly because they tell exciting and dramatic stories.

2 Modern politicians can learn important lessons from history.

P35, exercise 3b answers

1. Having no plastic, buying fresh food, having limited electricity and running water
She'd see how these things influenced what her grandmother was like.

2. The music and the writing of the 1960s

3. Elizabeth I
She'd like to avoid the dirt and disease.